Subject: Re: Kerguelen and McDonald/Heard _do_ border, EEZ-wise!
Date: Dec 03, 2001 @ 05:08
Author: orc@orcoast.com (orc@...)
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> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., orc@o... wrote:i imagined this law is being implemented uniformly & that any unclos signatory nation can make these eez & shelf claims to the fullest extent of the law & of their own reach & that the danish claims are thus just as real as any others & far more real btw than any of the 8 national sector claims to the 2 poles
> > however these same countries have authorized themselves & each
> other by what is called international law to do precisely this
>
> Yes, but why isn't this law implemented throughout (this planet)
> then. Because when it was, it would have come to no surprise that the
> North Pole is right inside the Danish EEZ.
> > also it may be true that such claims are formally recognized onlyyes i would like to see this bible too for i dont think i just dreamt it up & am pretty sure i actually learned of it somewhere but is it available i wonder & how etc
> by treaty counterparts if any
> >
> > but isnt it also true that all eez & shelf claims are within the
> context of & thus an integral part of the united nations law of the
> sea convention anyway
>
> Yes! You may be right, but ...
>
> > & that the claims are thus if i am not mistaken submitted to &
> received by a united nations registry & tho never formally
> validated nor ratified are subject like any other territorial claim
> to challenge in the international court of justice etc
>
> ... I'd like to see that registry! Because this registry would have
> to exist if what you think is true, and if it exists, would be the
> ultimate EEZ bible to us.